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Jaipur Literature Festival

Brave New World

Wednesday, 6th May
AFTERSHOCKS: WHAT AWAITS US IN THE POST PANDEMIC WORLD

Wednesday, 6th May, 2020 | 7:30 pm IST (2:00 pm GMT, 3:00 pm BST & 10:00 am EDT)

Parag Khanna

Suhasini Haidar

A crucial session on the unpredictable scenario after the ‘peak virus’ stage with Parag Khanna explaining global economic fragmentation, ‘red zone’ geographies and how regionalisation may be the new globalisation.
EREBUS

Wednesday, 6th May, 2020 | 9:00 pm IST (3:30 pm GMT, 4:30 pm BST & 11:30 am EDT)

Michael Palin

William Dalrymple

In conversation with William Dalrymple, former Monty Python stalwart and beloved television globe-trotter Michael Palin brings the fascinating story of HMS Erebus and its occupants to life, from its construction as a bomb vessel in 1826 through the flagship years of James Clark Ross’s Antarctic expedition and finally to Sir John Franklin’s quest for the holy grail of navigation—a route through the Northwest Passage, where the ship disappeared for more than 150 years to be rediscovered under the Arctic waters in 2014.

*Michael Palin Image Copyright of John Swannell

Saturday, 9th May
THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED

Saturday, 9th May, 2020 | 7:30 pm IST (2:00 pm GMT, 3:00 pm BST & 10:00 am EDT)

Matrcus du Sautoy

Sanjoy K. Roy

The coronavirus crisis has accelerated the fusion between cyberspace and the real world. Marcus du Sautoy gives us glimpses of what is to come in the future between technology, artificial intelligence and what we call reality.
YOURS, VIRALLY

Saturday, 9th May, 2020 | 9:00 pm IST (3:30 pm GMT, 4:30 pm BST & 11:30 am EDT)

Pranay Lal

Pratik Kanjilal

Viruses are all around us, and as we have been made rather dramatically aware, even within us. Join natural history writer Pranay Lal and journalist Pratik Kanjilal to understand the story from the virus’s point of view, while exploring what lies ahead for both viruses and humans.
Sunday, 10th May
ORHAN PAMUK: THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE

Sunday, 10th May, 2020 | 7:30 pm IST (2:00 pm GMT, 3:00 pm BST & 10:00 am EDT)

Orhan Pamuk

Chandrahas Choudhury

Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books, including ‘The White Castle’, ‘Istanbul’ and ‘Snow’. In 2003, he won the International IMPAC Award for ‘My Name is Red’ and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Here he talks to Chandrahas Choudhury about his life and work.
THE CONSOLATION OF THE PAST, THE PROMISE OF THE FUTURE

Sunday, 10th May, 2020 | 9:00 pm IST (3:30 pm GMT, 4:30 pm BST & 11:30 am EDT)

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Amit Majmudar

Two prominent Indian American authors speak of their writing, and the inspirations they draw from myth and memory to understand and articulate the present and the future. A fascinating conversation with trailblazing novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and multifaceted writer, poet and radiologist Amit Majmudar.
Excerpts of earlier sessions can be found here.

 

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